On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 10:48 PM, MARTIN Pierre <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Off-topic:
> > Sorry for the OT, but I wanted to point out that MSVC is actually free.
> The higher-end versions of Visual Studio cost money, but the express
> editions are free, as is the standalone Windows SDK, both of which provide
> a complete development environment including MSVC.
> Yes Joshua, this is important pointing that out. However,
> there are limitations (E.g. in Express 2008, there isn't a
> graphical resource editor). i'm not saying they're not
> useable, but at least require tweaking and third-party
> tools that could not work with later upgrades.
> Also (The last time i tried), third-party plugins don't work
> with such free version (E.g. the Qt add-in!). Correct me
> if i'm wrong.
>
> Best!
> Pierre.
>
>
I believe you are correct on all points (but I don't use the express
editions myself, so I'm unable to verify).
Thanks.
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